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Angiotech announces results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2007
Date:2/14/2008

ne in Brussels, Belgium on March 18, 2008. Should our

5-FU CVC product candidate receive FDA marketing clearance, we would

anticipate commencing commercial launch activities in the second half

of 2008.

- Quill(TM) SRS: In October 2007 we received CE Mark approval to begin

marketing the Quill(TM) Self-Retaining System (SRS) MONODERM(TM)

product line in Europe. In addition, we exceeded our stated goal of

100 Quill(TM) SRS hospital accounts by the end of 2007, and expect to

expand the number of Quill(TM) SRS SKUs available for sale to our

customers in 2008.

- Vascular Wrap(TM): Enrolment in our AV access human clinical trials

in the U.S. and Europe continues and we currently expect to complete

enrolment in these studies around the end of the first half of 2008.

- Stem Cell Therapies: In December 2007 our partner, Athersys, Inc.

received authorization from the U.S. FDA to begin a Phase I clinical

trial evaluating the safety of MultiStem(R) in the treatment of acute

myocardial infarction. We have an agreement with Athersys to co-

develop and commercialize MultiStem(R), Athersys' non-embryonic stem

cell platform technology, for use in the indications of acute

myocardial infarction and peripheral vascular disease.

- TAXUS(R) paclitaxel-eluting stent systems: In December 2007 our

partner, BSC, announced that the TAXUS(R) Liberte(TM) paclitaxel-

eluting coronary stent system received European CE Mark approval for

use in diabetic patients.

2008 Outlook

Our financial outlook for the upcoming fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 is presented below. Several material factors and assumptions were used to derive our 2008 outlook, including: (i) estimates of medical procedure and patient population growth rates for the various end markets relating
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